Transcript Brainstorming

Using Google for
Family History Research
by Caroline Gurney
(Notes added by Norman Taylor after the
presentation)
Google's mission is to organize the
world's information and make it
universally accessible and useful
• Exact phrase: “william nairne clark”
• Dates: last day / week / month / year
• Include / exclude: blair +atholl –tony
• Alternatives: old OR chipping sodbury
• Synonyms: ~ship “alice maud”
• Separation: rev * tosswill
• www.images.google.com
• Find images by name or content
• site:www.genuki.org.uk thornbury
• Search within site
• Search across all pages & databases
The Black Sheep Index - www.blacksheepindex.co.uk
• www.google.com/alerts
• Emails with new search results
• Customise settings
• www.books.google.com
• Search within books
• Full or snippet view
• www.toolbar.google.com
• Google in your browser toolbar
• Customise settings